THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 18 NOVEMBER 1969

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0006146469
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: November 18, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
18 November 1969
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
18 November 1969
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
An official of the Soviet Embassy in Washington has
given his impressions of Moscow's thoughts on SALT.
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Prime Minister Gandhi has defeated a no-confidence
motion in Parliament with the help of diverse sup-
porters. (Page 3)
Recent satellite photography shows that the military
build-up on both sides of the Sino-Soviet border is
continuing. (Page 4)
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VIETNAM
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SOVIET UNION
The first secretary of the Soviet Embassy in
Washington, Anatoly. Lebedev, told a)Department of
State official on 14 November that, in his opinion
the USSR would be willing to consider a moratorium
onMIRV and ABM deployment Lebedev also repeated
MoscoW's desire to include offensive and defensive
strategic arms in the.limitatiOn talks. He added
that the USSR would be willing to Move the substan-
tive talks to Vienna if.the US so desires.
Lebedev was giving his impressions of "in-
dications" from Moscow and was not relay-
ing official instructions. In the past,
casual remarks on priority topics from
members of the Soviet diplomatic corps
have not been a reliable gauge to the
Kremlin's thinking.
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INDIA
Prime Minister Gandhi yesterday easily defeated
a no-confidence motion in Parliament introduced by
a right-wing opposition party. The opposition was
joined by the 65 break-away Congress Party members,
led by ex-deputy prime minister Morarji Desai.
Support for Mrs. Gandhi from independents and re-
gional, socialist, and Communist parties brought
the vote to 306, well over the 262 needed to sur-
vive the challenge.
Although her victory was not dependent on
the 43 Communists in Parliament, there is
no assurance that she will not need them
in the future as she tries to accommodate
the often conflicting interests of her
new allies.
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USSR-CHINA
Satellite photography of early November shows
that the military build-up along the Sino-Soviet
border is continuing. Additional artillery and en-
gineering equipment and fighter aircraft were ob-
served on the Soviet side, while in China increased
numbers of tanks were identified.
About half of the Soviets' 27 to 30
ground force divisions along the Sino-
Soviet border are now combat ready.
These forces are supported by two tacti-
cal air armies and nuclear-capable mis-
siles.
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EGYPT
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NOTES
Pakistan-Jordan:
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